Although The Hound of the Baskervilles is the most popular of the Holmes adventures, the series consists primarily of short stories, with only four novels. The short stories are consistently entertaining and each Holmes enthusiast has his own favorite. The one that is most often included in anthologies and textbooks is "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," because teachers think it is a good example of Conan Doyle's style and skill in plotting. It was Conan Doyle's favorite Holmes story.

Other works devoted to Sherlock Holmes include: A Study in Scarlet (1887), novel; The Sign of Four (1890), novel; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), short stories; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893), short stories; The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905), short stories; The Valley of Fear (1914), novel; His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (1917), short stories; The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927), short stories; The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes...